How To Install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-catatonit in AlmaLinux 8. podman-catatonit is A signal-forwarding process manager for containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8.

What is podman-catatonit

Catatonit is a /sbin/init program for use within containers. It forwards (almost) all signals to the spawned child, tears down the container when the spawned child exits, and otherwise cleans up other exited processes (zombies). This is a reimplementation of other container init programs (such as “tini” or “dumb-init”), but uses modern Linux facilities (such as signalfd(2)) and has no additional features.

We can use yum or dnf to install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install podman-catatonit.

Install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install podman-catatonit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install podman-catatonit

Install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install podman-catatonit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install podman-catatonit

How To Uninstall podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the podman-catatonit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove podman-catatonit

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-catatonit on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.